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Gillian Anderson, most recently seen in Fox’s ‘X-Files,’ which premiered to 50 million viewers worldwide, is in negotiations to join the all-star cast of Justin Chadwick’s political thriller “Official Secrets”.
Anderson will star alongside Paul Bettany, Natalie Dormer, Martin Freeman, Academy Award winner Sir Anthony Hopkins and Harrison Ford. French actor Tahar Rahim is circling the project.
The Solution Entertainment Group’s Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel are executive producing the feature film and are handling the financing and international sales. UTA Independent Film Group packaged the project and represents domestic rights.
Justin Chadwick is directing the true story based on the best-selling book The Spy Who Tried To Stop A War: Katherine Gun and The Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion. The screenplay is written by Sara and Gregory Bernstein.
The film is slated to begin principal photography in May 2016 in the UK.
In the run up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Katharine Gun (Dormer), a young British intelligence officer reveals a secret illegal NSA spy operation against the UN Security Council designed to ensure passage of a resolution for war to Martin Bright (Bettany) a reporter at the British newspaper, The London Observer. Katharine’s arrest following the leak makes headlines around the world. In an attempt to gain the evidence to free Katharine, Martin unearths the shocking plot which puts both Katharine and Martin’s lives in great jeopardy.
